Lippard.Multics 1986-03-26 14:11:23 mst Wed
Subject:  One's born every minute
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 86 11:36:52 PST
From: Pavel.pa@Xerox.COM
To: info-cobol@MIT-CCC@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU
Message-ID: <860326-113855-1625@Xerox>

Date: 26 Mar 86 10:02:28 PST (Wednesday)
Subject: One's born every minute
From: JeffJohnson.osbunorth
To: whimsy^.PA

Heard this morning on the radio (NPR):

A man who runs an ice-cream parlor in Bethesda MD received a phone call
a few days ago.  The caller warned him that he would be robbed that
evening, but that the police had already been informed and would
apprehend the thieves as they left.  The caller said that the man should
therefore not panic, but should simply give them the money, and wait for
the police.

Sure enough, that evening, a robber appeared, demanded the money in the
cash register, and left.  The man calmly gave it to him, waited for the
police, and then, after several minutes, sheepishly called the police to
report the theft.